McEnroe defeated Magnus Larsson, a man nine years his
junior, 6-3, 3-6, 10-7 (Champions' Tie Break), to hold
the inaugural Kings of Tennis by Index International
trophy aloft and move alongside Carlos Moya at the top
of the South African Airways Rankings.

The American won four matches in four days, beating Pat
Cash, Mikael Pernfors, Thomas Muster and Larsson for his
21st ATP Champions Tour title.

McEnroe was ecstatic. “I’ve had a great week. Stockholm
is a beautiful city, it brings back a lot of memories
and this was a good way to end the week. “Magnus is
obviously playing well because he already beat Goran
(Ivanisevic) and Stefan (Edberg) this week, so I knew it
would be tough. But when it comes down to breakers you
always have a good shot, and luckily I didn’t make any
errors in the decider. The final went down to the wire
but it helps me out that it’s just a tie breaker for the
third set and I was able to produce some of my best
tennis when it mattered.”

It was particularly pleasing for the American after a
year of injuries, and he enjoyed reminding Swedish
tennis fans, who might have remembered his on-court
temper, about the quality of his tennis.

“At the end of a match I think they think ‘Oh, this guy
can still really play’ so in a way it’s ok," said
McEnroe, who was also watched by old rival Bjorn Borg
throughout the week. “Me and Bjorn have a great
relationship. We obviously go way back and in a way I
think we’re more friendly than ever. We don’t have to
play against one another in Wimbledon Finals anymore so
it makes it easier. I’ve seen a lot of him this week
which has been nice. I can’t come to Stockholm without
seeing Bjorn, that’s against the rules.”

Finally, McEnroe paid tribute to Thomas Enqivst, who was
a Tournament Director for the first time.

"Thomas has been the best tournament director ever," he
said. "He took great care of us all week and I want to
thank him for not playing!”

The 3rd/4th place play-off was won by Goran Ivanisevic,
who dismissed Thomas Muster 6-4, 6-2.